Cross-sectional study investigating the relationship between pit recovery time and serum albumin levels in bilateral lower extremity pitting oedema.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this study, we re-evaluated the relationship between pit recovery time (PRT) and serum albumin levels and elucidated the factors influencing PRT.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Patients who visited the outpatient department or were admitted to a small urban hospital in Japan.

Participants

135 adult Japanese patients with bilateral lower extremity pitting oedema.

Interventions

Primary and secondary outcome measures: this study assessed the correlation between PRT and serum albumin levels, calculated the predictive accuracy for identifying a group with low albumin levels when the PRT of the lower leg was <40 s, and identified variables that influence PRT.

Results

We found no significant correlation between lower leg PRT a

SUBMITTER: Ono R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806623 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature